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processed meat injected with a beef tallow mixture

not using makeup to allow one's skin to heal

Certificate for Students Achieving the Proficiency Level of Upper Secondary School Graduates

Wilson's warbler (Cardellina pusilla)

the seven continents

Barnard's Star (star in the constellation Ophiuchus)

Certificate for Students Achieving the Proficiency Level of Upper Secondary School Graduates

transverse section

change of heart

spending one night ahead (e.g. at a hotel near the airport the night before catching a flight)

fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)

stage prop in kabuki, consisting of a revolving panel with a life-size doll on each side

Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

Interscholastic Athletic Meet

productive age

primary benchmark (surveying)

dumplings offered to the moon (on the 15th day of the 8th month and the 13th day of the 9th month)

type of local militia in China most active during the Qing dynasty

law of equal division of rice fields (of ancient China)

thinly sliced salmon head cartilage (also whale etc.)

it's hard to cut one's ties to close relatives even if they are wicked

cash gift from local government to the elderly (often on 77th and 88th birthdays)

art works, traditional artifacts and antiques

person who has a romantic preference for older men

persistently bothering someone (for no good reason)

child on the waiting list (for a kindergarten, nursery school, etc.)

remaining bones after decay of a corpse

housing for the elderly with home-care services provided

Sanfrecce Hiroshima (professional football club)

person working for someone else (followed by job title)